Legal Opinion

Ex Parte Patterson

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 21, 1987No. 69813Published

1Opinion of the Court

740 S.W.2d 766 (1987)

Ex parte Jerry McReed PATTERSON.

No. 69813.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.

October 21, 1987.

Jerry McReed Patterson, pro se.

Robert Huttash, State's Atty. and Julie B. Pollock, Asst. State's Atty., Austin, for the State.

Before the court en banc.

OPINION

CLINTON, Judge.

Before us in this application for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to Article 11.07, V.A.C.C.P., is a question expressly left open in Polk v. State, 693 S.W.2d 391 (Tex. Cr.App.1985), viz: what notice, if any, must appear in an indictment to support submission of a special issue to the jury as to…

Also in this document: Concurrence · Teague; Concurrence · Miller.

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Wolff v. McDonnellSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. Morrissey v. BrewerSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Almanza v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1985
  4. Goldberg v. KellySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  5. Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972

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